CSS Top Menu + 3 Columns

[abodner]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to create a new style, CSS Top Menu + 3 columns where i would have a right and a left column with news, links, etc... and the center would be content. For the sides, I would like to use global content blogs.

So here is what I did: I copied the CSS and Template from CSS Top Menu + 2, and modified it by adding another sidebar, added a class in CSS for it, did same properties, adjusted width, and floated it right... well, it doesn't work. Right column aligns, but left one floats on top of the content. Any ideas? Here is my template, followed by the CSS:

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// TEMPLATE
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////








{sitename} - {title}


{metadata}


{stylesheet}


{cms_selflink dir="start" rellink=1}
{cms_selflink dir="prev" rellink=1}
{cms_selflink dir="next" rellink=1}


{literal}

=b){nw=b+"px";}if(w



#pagewrapper {width:expression(P7_MinMaxW(720,950));}
#container {height: 1%;}


{/literal}












 
          {cms_selflink dir="start" text="$sitename"}
 

     
       
        Navigation
        {menu template='cssmenu.tpl'}
       
       
     

 
 

     
     
        {global_content name='SidebarLeft'}
     
     
   
     
        {global_content name='SidebarRight'}
     
     
     
     
        {title}
        {content}


       

       

     
     
 

 
 


 
 
      {global_content name='footer'}
   
 






/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// CSS
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/*****************
browsers interpret margin and padding a little differently,
we'll remove all default padding and margins and
set them later on
******************/
* {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

/*
Set initial font styles
*/
body {
  text-align: left;
  font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 75.01%;
  line-height: 1em;
}

/*
set font size for all divs,
this overrides some body rules
*/
div {
  font-size: 1em;
}

/*
if img is inside "a" it would have
borders, we don't want that
*/
img {
  border: 0;
}

/*
default link styles
*/
/* set all links to have underline and bluish color */
a,
a:link
a:active {
  text-decoration: underline;
/* css validation will give a warning if color is set without background color. this will explicitly tell this element to inherit bg colour from parent element */
  background-color: inherit;
  color: #18507C;
}

a:visited {
  text-decoration: underline;
  background-color: inherit;
  color: #18507C;                /* a different color can be used for visited links */
}


/* remove underline on hover and change color */
a:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
  background-color: #C3D4DF;
  color: #385C72;
}

/*****************
basic layout
*****************/
body {
  background-color: #ccc;
  color: #333;
  margin:1em; /* gives some air for the pagewrapper */
}

/* center wrapper, min max width */
div#pagewrapper {
  border: 1px solid black;
  margin: 0 auto;    /* this centers wrapper */
  max-width: 80em; /* IE wont understand these, so we will use javascript magick */
  min-width: 60em;
  background-color: #fff;;
  color: black;
}


/*** header ***
we will hide text and replace it with a image
we need to assign a height for it
*/

div#header {
  height: 80px; /* adjust according your image size */
  background: #385C72;         
}

div#header h1 a {
/* you can set your own image here */
  background: #385C72 url(images/cms/logo1.gif) no-repeat 0 12px;
  display: block;
  height: 80px;            /* adjust according your image size */
  text-indent: -999em;  /* this hides the text */
  text-decoration:none; /* old firefox would have shown underline for the link, this explicitly hides it */
}

div#search {
  float: right;
  width: 23em;    /* enough width for the search input box */
  text-align: right;
  padding: 0.6em 0 0.2em 0;
  margin: 0 1em;
}

div.breadcrumbs {
  padding: 1em 0 1.2em 0; /* CSS short hand rule first value is top then right, bottom and left */
  font-size: 90%;            /* its good to set fontsizes to be relative, this way viewer can change his/her fontsize */
  margin: 0 1em;              /* css shorthand rule will be opened to be "0 1em 0 1em" */
  border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;
}

div#content {
  margin: 1.5em auto 2em 0; /* some air abobe and under menu and content */
  text-align: center;
}

div#sidebox.right{float:right;width:22%;margin:0 0 10px;}
div#sidebox.left{float:left;width:22%;}

div#main {width: 55%;}

div#footer {
  clear:both;      /* keep footer below content and menu */
  color: #fff;
  background-color: #385C72; /* same bg color as in header */
}

div#footer p {
  font-size: 0.8em;
  padding: 1.5em;      /* some air for footer */
  text-align: center; /* centered text */
  margin:0;
}

div#footer p a {
  color: #fff; /* needed becouse footer link would be same color as background otherwise */
}

/* as we hid all hr for accessibility we create new hr with extra div element */
div.hr {
  height: 1px;
  margin: 1em;
  border-bottom: 1px dotted black;
}

/********************
CONTENT STYLING
*********************/

/* HEADINGS */
div#content h1 {
  font-size: 2em;  /* font size for h1 */
  line-height: 1em;
  margin: 0;
}
div#content h2 {
  color: #294B5F;
  font-size: 1.5em;
  text-align: left;
/* some air around the text */
  padding-left: 0.5em;
  padding-bottom: 1px;
/* set borders around header */
  border-bottom: 1px solid #e7ab0b;
  border-left: 1.1em solid #e7ab0b;
  line-height: 1.5em;
/* and some air under the border */
  margin: 0 0 0.5em 0;
}
div#content h3 {
  color: #294B5F;
  font-size: 1.3em;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  margin: 0 0 0.5em 0;
}
div#content h4 {
  color: #294B5F;
  font-size: 1.2em;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  margin: 0 0 0.25em 0;
}
div#content h5 {
  font-size: 1.1em;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  margin: 0 0 0.25em 0;
}
h6 {
  font-size: 1em;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  margin: 0 0 0.25em 0;
}
/* END HEADINGS */

/* TEXT */
p {
  font-size: 1em;
  margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;  /* some air around p elements */
  line-height:1.4em;
  padding: 0;
}
blockquote {
  border-left: 10px solid #ddd;
  margin-left: 10px;
}
pre {
  font-family: monospace;
  font-size: 1.0em;
}
strong, b {
/* explicit setting for these */
  font-weight: bold;
}
em, i {
/* explicit setting for these */
  font-style:italic;
}

/* Wrapping text in tags. Makes CSS not validate */
code, pre {
white-space: pre-wrap;      /* css-3 */
white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;  /* Mozilla, since 1999 */
white-space: -pre-wrap;      /* Opera 4-6 */
white-space: -o-pre-wrap;    /* Opera 7 */
word-wrap: break-word;      /* Internet Explorer 5.5+ */
font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
font-size: 1em;
}

pre {
  border: 1px solid #000;  /* black border for pre blocks */
  background-color: #ddd;
  margin: 0 1em 1em 1em;
  padding: 0.5em;
  line-height: 1.5em;
  font-size: 90%;  /* smaller font size, as these are usually not so important data */
}

/* END TEXT */

/* LISTS */
div#main ul,
div#main ol,
div#main dl {
  font-size: 1.0em;
  line-height:1.4em;
  margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;
}
div#main ul li,
div#main ol li {
  margin: 0 0 0.25em 3em;
}

div#dl dt {
  font-weight: bold;
  margin: 0 0 0.25em 3em;
}
div#dl dd {
  margin: 0 0 0 3em;
}
/* END LISTS */




/////////////////////////////////

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

[Dr.CSS]

You may find a template all ready for you in the themes http://themes.cmsmadesimple.org/Theme_Frameworks.html the 3rd one down is the one, it's just a frame for starting...

[abodner]

I see it, I installed it, and it still isnt looking right. I have the latest build of the CMSMS. In a build a couple of month ago i did just what i explained in the post, and it was working fine... this one for some reason its just not happening, and i cannot figure out why.

Add a copy of the sidebar div's, modify the floats, adjust the size... and it acts up. I am pretty sure it is something I am doing, but I just cannot figure out what. Thats two nights down...

[Dr.CSS]

Try 20% 20% and 54%

[abodner]

Mark, no luck

www.abcosystems.com/picardia

one of the home links is on the wire, the other is on the attempted three column.

Thanks for your assistance.

Anatoly

[Dr.CSS]

div#sidebox.right{float:right;width:20%;margin:0px;}
div#sidebox.left{float:left;width:20%;margin:0 0 0 10px;}
div#main {width: 55%;margin:0 0 0 23%}

[BuysZ]

when i use css top menu + 3 columns to guide of your, it apper  error:
string(66) "Smarty error: unable to read resource: "globalcontent:SidebarLeft""
string(67) "Smarty error: unable to read resource: "globalcontent:SidebarRight""
i don't know this error, if everybody know, help me
thanks
buysz

[Dr.CSS]

The error means just what it says, it can't read them as in they are not there, do you have them in Global Content Blocks and are they called the correct name...


        {global_content name='SidebarLeft'}
     
     
   
     
        {global_content name='SidebarRight'}